—No, no sooner{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（have）she gone than it happened.

    When Jack was a small boy, he was once asked to give a speech about “A Big Challenge in My Life”．To talk before the whole class, he was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (terrible) shy the moment he thought of so many eyes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (stare) at him. He had no other{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (choose), though. First Jack was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for him because he was a good writer. But the hard part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lie) in his oral presentation, for it was not allowed to read from the paper. He had to give the speech {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his memory and in front of such a big audience!

    A real trial began when Jack stood on the platform with his legs trembling and his mind blank. He didn't know how much time had passed by. His listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of laughing. Gradually he found himself back, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) out his speech without much difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, he found the audience applauding. He made {#blank#}7{#/blank#}！From then on, his fear of talking before the audience disappeared. Actually with his confidence {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (build) up, Jack now turns out to be a great speaker. As we know, the greater difficulty we meet on our way to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (succeed), the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} likely we will achieve our goals.

    We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and exams. Yet would it be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding as it is in China?

    In US high school, everything {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (record) and graded, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps contrary to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to their academic performance to try to get into distinguished university.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} they'll be disappointed after graduation from high school.

    Like university students, US high school students have the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (free) to choose the courses that most interest {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they). Even a 9th-grader can sit {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also means he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (difference) just because he or she is a few years {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (young).

    I enjoy {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(climb) mountains whenever I can find the time to do so. Tom and Mike are my best friends and both of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}also like sports. Two years ago, the three of us {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(go) up to Mt. Lushan. Instead of taking a bus, which is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(comfortable), we preferred to climb. We started from the foot of the mountain early in the morning, chatting all the way. After climbing for one and a half {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(hour), we saw two mountain paths before us. We could not decide {#blank#}6{#/blank#}to choose. In the end, we took the right path, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(think) that might be a short cut. But we were wrong. We could not find our way out. Lost in the mountain, we had to use our hands and feet{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(make) our way. We began to cry for help {#blank#}9{#/blank#} nobody answered. It was not until darkness fell{#blank#}10{#/blank#} we found a right path leading up to a paved road.

    I am Adam Rouse. I first {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (buy) cannabis from a man in the street and continued to buy cannabis from{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (he) for six months and as a result, I got addicted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it. One day, the man offered me some crack cocaine, a more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（power）addictive. When I went back to the man for more crack cocaine, he asked me for a lot of money. I was in terrible pain when I couldn't afford to buy any drugs. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) money, I broke into{#blank#}6{#/blank#} house and stole something to sell for money. The more drugs I took, the more addicted I became. So I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（catch）stealing and sent to the police station. The next day, a doctor came to see me and told me that I could die {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I couldn't stop taking drugs. I took his advice and stopped {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(immediate). Now I work in a center for drug addicts, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) others to stop taking drugs.